How Does Sir Hardy Fit The Hero's Cycle

On Sir Gareth and His Connection to the Hero’s Cycle Have you ever wondered what a hero is? Many popular heroes follow the “hero’s cycle”, a series of events that occur in many books and movies, from Harry Potter to Lord of the Rings. Sir Gareth was a young man who came to King Arthur’s court asking for food and water. He was given a job working in the kitchen until his first great journey. In King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green, Sir Gareth follows the hero’s cycle as he is called to adventure, faces trials and crises, and returns to a new life at the end of his journey. The first way that Sir Gareth fits the hero’s cycle is that he is called to adventure at the beginning of his journey. He is called when the Lady Linnet comes to King Arthur’s court asking for someone to save her sister, the Lady Lionel. On pages 147 and 148, the Lady Linnet comes to Camelot. Sir Gareth accepts the quest to save the Lady Lionel, who is being held hostage by the Red Knight. The Lady Linnet, however, did not want Sir Gareth to save her sister because he was a worker in the kitchen and she wanted a brave, well-known knight to

On the way to the Red Knight’s castle, Sir Gareth jousts with the Black, Green and Blue knights while ignoring the Lady Linnet’s insults about him being a kitchen hand. Sir Gareth kills the Black Knight, but the Lady Linnet says he killed him with treachery (151). He jousts with the Green Knight and overthrows him but spares his life so the Green Knight is courteous to Sir Gareth, but the Lady Linnet keeps mocking him, saying “ ‘Fie, it is shameful for you all to honor this man so’ ”. Finally, on page 156 when Sir Gareth is about to joust with the Blue Knight, the Lady Linnet starts being kind to him. This shows that he fits the hero's cycle because he overcomes the trials that test his limits physically and